CoastBase

CoastBase will establish an internet based, open system architecture intended to help professionals involved in policy making, management, enforcement and research to query distributed data and information. The system will be linked to information stored in various formats, by organisations working on different horizontal levels all over Europe. The CoastBase architecture is designed to be modular and open, allowing future inclusion of new data, access functions or connections to other information sources.

The long-term objectives of the system are:

• to improve coastal zone management and planning throughout Europe by enhancing access to relevant information
• to foster pan-European cooperation on information exchange
• to promote the standardisation of data
• to stimulate the assessment of indicators on European level

For more information see: http://www.coastbase.org